>[...]companies are so desperate for people that they can't find anyone and are just dumping cash into stock buybacks instead of raising wages. Said companies

>[...]companies are so desperate for people that they can't find anyone and are just dumping cash into stock buybacks instead of raising wages. Said companies are so spoiled by high profits that they dare dip into them to pay employees more. Also, this isn't for your run of the mill small-business or start-up, these are companies that afford to pay employees much more and simply don't.